Slipping Away (Dave Edmunds song)

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"Slipping Away"
Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away.jpg
Single by Dave Edmunds
from the album Information
B-side "Don't Call Me Tonight"
Released1983
Genre Pop rock
Length4:20
Label
Songwriter Jeff Lynne [3]
Producer Jeff Lynne
Dave Edmunds singles chronology
"Run Rudolph Run"
(1982)		"Slipping Away"
(1983)		"Information"
(1983)
Music video
"Slipping Away" on YouTube

"Slipping Away" is a Top 40 pop song performed by Welsh singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds. The song was written and produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame and was included on Edmunds' 1983 album Information . [4] "Slipping Away" was released as a single and became Edmunds' second and final Top 40 single in the US, following 1970's "I Hear You Knocking". [1]

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"Slipping Away" reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, [5] and number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] The song has since appeared on several 1980s music compilations. [3] The song's music video was directed by Peter Sinclair. [6]

Track listing

7" and 12" Vinyl

  1. "Slipping Away" – 4:20
  2. "Don't Call Me Tonight" – 2:26

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 47
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 60
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 39
US CashBox Top 100 [11] 32
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [12] 7

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 201. ISBN   0-8230-7499-4.
  2. 1 2 "DAVE EDMUNDS - Artist - Official Charts". Official Charts . Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Dave Edmunds - Slipping Away". allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dave Edmunds - Information (album review)". allmusic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dave Edmunds – Awards". allmusic . Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dave Edmunds Slipping away". mvdbase.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dave Edmunds – Slipping Away" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dave Edmunds – Slipping Away" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983". CashBox . Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Dave Edmunds Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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